Partnership vs. Relationship — What's the Difference?

A partnership is an arrangement where parties, known as business partners, agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests. The partners in a partnership may be individuals, businesses, interest-based organizations, schools, governments or combinations.

The condition or fact of being related; connection or association.

The state of being a partner or partners

Connection by blood or marriage; kinship.

An association of two or more people as partners

A particular type of connection existing between people related to or having dealings with each other

The state of being a partner.

A romantic or sexual involvement.

A business entity in which two or more co-owners contribute resources, share in profits and losses, and are individually liable for the entity's actions.

Connection or association; the condition of being related.

The persons participating in such a business entity.

(mathematics) The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates.

A relationship between individuals or groups that is characterized by mutual cooperation and responsibility, as for the achievement of a specified goal

Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.

The state of being associated with a partner.

A romantic or sexual involvement.

An association of two or more people to conduct a business

A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other

(cricket) The period when two specific batsmen are batting, from the fall of one wicket until the fall of the next; the number of runs scored during this period,

(music) The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.

The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state.

The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.

A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or interest.

A relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness);

An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution of an undertaking or a business on joint account; a company; a firm; a house; as, to form a partnership.

A state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection);

A contract between two or more competent persons for joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them, under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profit between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business, or adventure.

A state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

The members of a business venture created by contract

State of relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

A contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses